# Accident 19930417009589A: Piper PA28140, Annapolis, MD, April 17, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1993, 15:21 local time
- Place: Annapolis, MD
- Airport: Lee Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9010° N, 76.5396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9010&lon=-76.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56430, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56430-1996-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 8 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930417009589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST POWER. DIVERTED. TRIED DOWNWIND LANDING. MISSED. HIT WIRES ON GO AROUND. ENGINE HAD SWALLOWED A VALVE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA063), Apr 17, 1993: Piper PA-28-140 (N56430), Edgewater, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision after selecting the wrong runway for a precautionary landing , which resulted in an inadvertent descent into transmission lines, while attempting to…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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